Amphora
Object Number:
MS4861
Current Location:
Greece Gallery
Culture:
Attic
Provenience:
Italy
Etruria
Orvieto
Manufacture Location:
Attica
Period:
Archaic Greek Period
Date Made:
550-525 BC
Early Date:
-550
Late Date:
-525
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Ceramic
Technique:
Black Figure
Description:
A, Mule and 3 satyrs. Mule heads right. One satyr standing on head of mule. Two satyrs in back of mule, one forward, sitting normally, holding a kylix; the other sitting backward on the rump of the mule. B, Tall grapevine. A satyr at left eating grapes; a satyr at right eating grape. Many non-joining fragments including two sections of the handles. Pieces other than handles are body fragments. Part of neck preserved on A.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994)
Bibliography:
[Electronic] 1997. The Perseus Project.
[Book] 1991. Gens antiquissima Italiae: Antichità dall'Umbria a New York. : Page/Fig./Plate: 435
[Catalogue] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 63-4, No. 50 & p. 67, No. 60
[Article] Dohan, Edith H. 1913. "Attic Vases from Orvieto". The Museum Journal. 4 (4): 147-161.
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